May I float a few queries to the experts out there? I now have amassed a large amount of data about our family in Cork, including the names and place where most of them lived. But NOT ALL of the data is certain..... My questions are; When considering lists of baptismal sponsors or Godparents - is it safe to assume that these would all be relations? Or might they be neighbours? If one is considering a family name where, say, there were only a handful of people with the same surname in a parish of only 400 people, how likely are these same-name families to be related to each other? The places that I am researching are very small and rural, did most of the inhabitants stay put around the parish - or did they travel? I am talking about the 1830 - 1900 period. If there is an occurrence of one person ( male ) leasing land and buildings in the Griffith's Valuation, and another person ( female ) renting say, a house and garden from them on the same plot, how likely would it be that they were in some way related? I have been told that this is very likely. Your thoughts on these matters would be very welcome, Mary